In his second outing as a big league pitcher, Washington Nationals right-hander Erick Fedde was faced with a tough test going up against the defending champion Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. He didn’t get the win, but there were still a lot of encouraging signs from Fedde in his outing against one of the best pitchers in the National League, Jon Lester.
In 5.1 innings, Fedde gave up four runs on eight hits, struck out seven, and walked four (one intentional) on 99 pitches (64 strikes). It was the first time that the 24-year-old right-hander has thrown over 90 pitches in an outing since a start for Double-A Harrisburg against Trenton back on May 11.